Nested Repeater Help

[Tommy]

I have been working on getting nested repeaters to work for several days.
When I add a repeater inside my item template i cannot see it in my code and
can't set the datasource for it, etc, thus it's useless.

Anytime i try to reference rptChild I get an error saying that it's not an
object. If I set a break point I see that it's <nothing>.

Here is a sample of code that shows the problem.

I would REALLY appreciate any help on getting this to work. They must be
contained inside cells of another table to make the data look like the
customer wants.

Thanks VERY much.

Tommy

<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<asp:Repeater id="rptParent" runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate>
<table>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<td></td>
<tr>
<td>
label1
</td>
<td>
<asp:Repeater id="rptChild" runat="server"> <--- this
repeater is not visible at all
<ItemTemplate>
print something here
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</td>
</tr>
</td></tr>
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
</table>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</form>

 

[Scott Allen]

HI Tommy:

Can you describe how you are setting the DataSource for the nested
repeater? Do you catch the ItemDataBound event for the rptParent
object?

 

[Tommy]

I am trying to set it in the load of the page.

HI Tommy:

Can you describe how you are setting the DataSource for the nested
repeater? Do you catch the ItemDataBound event for the rptParent
object?

 

[Scott Allen]

Tommy:

Try binding when the parent data binds. Very similar to this article
where I do the same thing with a nested drop down list:
http://odetocode.com/Articles/231.aspx.